Starfish ( Asteroidea), Sea Sterre / stella Marina / Etoile de Mer (title on object), Starfish. Numbered top right: 4. Top left marked with a red star. At the top a note about the discovery of this starfish on the beach of Blankenberge in 1786. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch, Latin and French, echinoderms: starfish, Blankenberge, anonymous, Southern Netherlands, 1786, paper, pencil, chalk, watercolor (paint), deck

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Starfish ( Asteroidea), Sea Sterre / stella Marina / Etoile de Mer (title on object), Starfish. Numbered top right: 4. Top left marked with a red star. At the top a note about the discovery of this starfish on the beach of Blankenberge in 1786. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch, Latin and French, echinoderms: starfish, Blankenberge, anonymous, Southern Netherlands, 1786, paper, pencil, chalk, watercolor (paint), deck paint, brush, h 430 mm × w 270 mm

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